Denver County, Colorado
Denver County, CO: land and buildings $122,408 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.73 since 2000. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08031. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Denver County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Land value here sits at $122,408 per acre, the operators' own estimate, and it rose 92.1 percent from 2017-2022, or 13.9 percent a year. July nights average 59.9 F over 2017-2026, up from the 58.7 F normal for 1991-2020, and the long trend since 1976 runs 0.54 F per decade, warming. Drought has touched this county at times, with 160 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse since 2000 and 41 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. Heat and drought drove 58 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 2000-2025, and that share moved from 51 percent in 2000-2009 to 47 percent in 2010-2019 to 77 percent in 2020-2025.
CO median $2,765
CO median $13.57
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2000. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver County | — | — | $122,408 | — | $18.42 |
| Adams County | $20 | $146 | $2,918 | 68.8 | $17.90 |
| Arapahoe County | $14 | — | $2,773 | — | $18.66 |
| Jefferson County | — | — | $16,602 | — | — |
| Median next door | $17 2 co. | $146 1 co. | $2,918 | 68.8 1 co. | $18.28 2 co. |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Denver County, Colorado. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/colorado/denver-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.